Buckle device



April 22, 1930. M. 'F. CARR BUCKLE DEVICE Filed Aug. e. 1928 Iaveaai'or: Moses E W3" .9%, M

Patented Apr. 22, 1930 UNITED STATES MOSES F. CARR, or LEXINGTON,MASSACHUSETTS, Assrenon r0 mimeua rAs- I TENER CORPORATION, orCAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS; oonroRATIonorMAs- SACHU'SETTS BUCKLE lnnvion fApplication filed August 6,1928. Seria1"1io.j29 7,8 06.1

My invention aims to provide improvements in buckle devices.

, In the drawings, which illustrate a preferred embodiment of myinvention Figure 1 is a plan view of the buckle device as it appearswhen attached to an article and the members are fully engaged;

Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the device shown in Figs. 1 and 2 but showinghow the guard means of the eyelet member and hook member prevent faultyengagement; and

Fig. 4 is a section taken on the line 4--4 of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings, I have shown a buckle device particularlyadapted for overshoes, clothing and other articles. The buckle deviceillustrated by the drawings ineludes an eyelet member and a hook member.

The hook member comprises a plate portion 1 secured to a carrying medium2 by means of rivets 3 as shown. The plate portion 1 is provided withtwo slits f to provide 535 bearings 5-5 at opposite edges of the plate.Between the slits 4 I have provided, as an I integral part of the plate1, a yieldable ear 6 having its free end extending beyond the ends ofthe bearings 55, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4:. A hook 7 has portions 88engaging the bearings 5-5 to pivot the hook relative to the plate 1, andthe yieldable ear 6 yieldably engages the book as shown in Fig. 2 to.hold the hook in closed position.

The eyelet member is in the form of a plate 9 secured to the carryingmedium 2' by means of rivets 10. This plate 9 has a hook receivingaperture 11 spaced a substantial distance from one end of the plate toprovide a proj ection 12 of substantial length at one side of theaperture 11, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. WVhen engaging the eyelet memberand hook member it is impossible to make faulty engagement because whenthe hook 7 is thrust ea through the aperture 11 and turned the membersmust go into the engaged relation shown in Figs. 1 and 2. During theengaging operation the projection 12 of the eyelet member cannotaccidentally slide under the bearings a; 5-5 and interfere with theproper engagement of the members because it c'ontactswith the-projectedyieldable. ear 6, as shown'by figs, 3 and '4. I The proportions ofthe'proj ected portions of the'two'members are'si'i'c'h'that they cannotpass each other during engagement of the membersand therefore there mustbe properfastening engagement of the hook member with the eyelet member.

' Vith other known types of buckle fasteners it is possible to makeimproper engagement of the members-and therefore my improved device isdesirablebecause it is fool'- proof, simple-and durable.- I a WhileI'have illustrated and'described a preferred form of invention, I do notwish to be limited thereby as the scope ofmy invention} is best definedin the-following claims. a Y

' 1. A buckle device comprisingincombination' an eyelet member in theformof aplate having a hook-receiving aperture [therethrohgh and a.lpr'ojection of V substantial length at one side of'said aperture, acooperating hook member comprising a single plate portion, a hookportion pivoted at one end to said plate portion and an integralextended projection provided as an intermediate part of the plateportion and located between the pivoted end of the hook and theprojection of the eyelet member when the eyelet member and hook memberare engaged, said extended projectionof the hook plate and theprojection of the eyelet plate adapted to cooperate to prevent faultyengagement of the members of the buckle device.

2. A buckle device comprising in combination an eyelet member in theform of a plate having a single hook-receiving aperture therethrough anda projection of substantial length at one side of said aperture, acooperating hook member comprising a plate portion, having bearingportions at opposed edges thereof, a hook part having a looped endprovided with portions engaged in said bearing portions to pivot saidhook part relative to the plate portion, and an ear located between saidbearing portions and projecting beyond them toward and into the loopedend of said hook to provide guard means for preventing said projectionof said eyelet member entering the looped end of the hook and engagingbeneath said bearing port-ions when the members of said buckle deviceare being engaged.

3. A buckle device comprising in combination an eyelet member in theform of a plate having a hook-receiving aperture therethrough and aprojection of substantial length at one side of said aperture, acooperating hook member comprising a plate portion,

having bearing portions at opposed edges thereof, a hook part havingportions engaged with said bearing port-ions to pivot said hook partrelative to the plate portion, and a resilient ear located betweenthepivoted end'of the hook and the projection of, the eyelet member whenthe eyelet member and hook member are engaged and having one facebearing against the hook member to hold it in closed position andextended beyond said bearing portions and presenting the opposite facefor direct contact with the projection of said eyelet member therebytoprevent faulty engagement of the members of said buckle device. a

4. In a buckle device, a hook member comprising a plate portion havingtwo bearing portions, a hook having a looped rend pivoted tosaid bearingportions and-a yieldable ear provided between said bearing, portions andextending a substantial distance beyond them toward and into the loopedend of the hook to provide guard means to prevent any portion of acooperating eyelet member-from passing into the looped end of the hookduring engagement of the hook member with the eyelet member.

In testimony whereof, I have, signed my name to this specification.

MOSES F. CARE.

